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Month: November 2012

On January 2 I begin working as the Chaplain at St Mary’s College here in Durham. It is a real pleasure to be able to make that announcement. Everyone I have interacted with at the College have been so helpful and enjoyable. For over a year now I have had the distinct delight of being…

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More and more I am recognizing that my book on cynicism (see the icon in to the right) is ultimately a pastoral exercise in applying Christian eschatology to our daily reality. Cynicism arises from disillusionment. When the rug gets jerked form beneath our feet and we find ourselves breathless staring up at the ceiling, wondering…

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[drawing above: From the Dragon’s Hoard by Shaylynn Rackers] It was story-time. My wife and oldest daughter were away for gymnastics practice, and I had just tucked my smallest daughter in her bed. The house was oddly quiet for a home with two strapping little boys at-large. I found them both on the sofa,…

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I had ground the coffee beans the night before in anticipation of an early Saturday morning reading a fine new book, Arthur Boer’s Living into Focus (my 7-year old is entertained that “the author is an Arthur.”) In the pre-dawn Saturday darkness, I heard a tiny voice (that can get quite loud) calling “Daddy” from…